1914
NEW YORK DINNER. Under the guidence of Bill Hands and others the class had its annual dinner at the Dartmouth Club in New York on March 21. Twenty-nine men sat down to a chicken a la king dinner, LizeWheelock being the last to arrive. He was delayed by a wedding rehearsal which, he said, was done in about ten minutes flat, and then only because the guy was an alumnus. HerbAustin, Ev Barnard, Charlie Batchelder, and Sherm Saltmarsh were all present from "Boston, and Austin very kindly supplied the secretary with what information is available. Herb says that some of the New Yorkers are beginning to realize that they should send a delegation to some of our Boston dinners. Finel We would be more than glad to feed them on beans and cod-fish.
William H. (Mike) Barnes was present and had to be introduced to most of the boys. Mike had four sons in the war, one of whom was promptly thrown out for, "asmah," (that is Austin's spelling). Gov. Foss and Dean Emerson, with Red Davidson, came up from Philadelphia.
Sig Larmon, wearing a carnation, presided excellently, and introduced John Hanna with a long story including about a page from Who's Who. John spoke very entertainingly, with various stories, and wound up with a very pessimistic view of the Russian situation. In the course of his remarks, he covered most of the period from college days through his various Washington jobs to the present. John, as you know, is a professor in the Columbia Law School.
Sitting around the table, after John had spoken, Wheelock said that, having to talk this coming week on Russia, he had formed a different opinion, and Sig said that he was not as pessimistic, either. Those present included: Jeff Beals, Jess Stillman, Bill Hands, Bob Hopkins, Rudy VonLenz, Clyde Buckley, Bill Breslin, Hal Pease, Jack Conners, Walt Daley, Chuck Kingsley, Jim Heenehan, Ralph Jenkins, John Palmer, Al Humphries, String Howe, Harry Haywood, Fred Davidson, and those previously mentioned.
CITATION: At the annual dinner held in March, at New York, the first of three dinners held in New York, Boston, and Chicago, in preparation for the Alumni Fund Campaign, the Alumni Fund Committee awarded the James B. Reynolds trophy for all-around Alumni Fund achievement for classes more than twenty years out of college, to JohnFrancis Conners, of the Class of 1914. The citation is included elsewhere, with these notes. This is not only an honor to Jack, but a great honor to the class, and a source of supreme satisfaction to all of us. Perhaps most of us do not realize the enormous amount of time and energy which our class agent has devoted to this important task. Let's give our own little private Wah Hoo Wah for Jack Conners.
SONS OF 1914: By request, Jim Gregg sent in the following report on his son, James Gregg. Entered Dartmouth in the class of 1950, last February, after graduating from Wellesley High School in June 1944, where he was a member of the football, hockey, and track team. Enlisted in the army, May 1944, followed by six months at Norwich University and later basic training in the tank corps at Fort Knox. Fifteen months on Okinawa, discharged December 8, 1946, aged twenty. Jim insinuates that he is a much better guy than his father, at the same age, not having any of the bad habits which said father acquired in early childhood. Jim left us early at the Boston banquet, to go to see the Dartmouth hockey team in action.
CO-CHAMPIONS OF NORTH AMERICA: And speaking of hockey, we can't over-look that final game in Providence, R. 1., Dartmouth really had a hockey team this yearl After cleaning up everything in the United States, they played the University of Toronto, winner of the Canadian championship, in an overtime air-tight game, at Providence, which ended in a 2-2 deadlock. It was probably the finest hockey game the writer has ever seen, amateur or professional. Saltmarsh and son were almost directly behind us, and HamBarnes joined in for a few minutes at the end of the first period.
Congratulations to Donald C. Burnham, recently made Vice President of Pittsburgh Plate Glass, and to Leonard D. White, professor of Public Administration, University of Chicago, who has just been elected President of the American Society for. Public Administration. Dutch has been manager of the plate glass sales.
Warner Bentley met with severe misfortune on April first, when his beautiful home in Norwich was severely damaged by fire. We understand that the living-room was completely gutted. The Bentleys are temporarily stopping at the Inn. Tough luck, Warner, we are really sorry to hear it.
Jim Heenehan Jr., was recently elected vice president of Delta Kappa Epsilon George Tiltott writes from Palm Beach, that he has been spending five months down there, escaping the snow drifts that we raved about in Hanover Still a few unpaid dues Rufe Sisson's address is 26 Garden Street, Potsdam, N. Y Horace Borden's family has been with him since last October, comfortably situated in an eight-room apartment in Leghorn, Italy. Mary Margaret and Larry are thoroughly enjoying their experiences as students in the University of Florence Freddie Fraser became a grandfather for the first time, March 12th, which pepped him up to the point where he admits that his poor health of the winter is now a thing of the past Nice letter from Lee Spore! No news, but promises to join the snow-bird party just as soon as we fill up the whole annex. Still refuses to talk about himself Doug MacCarthy firmly resolves that he will never miss another reunion, and hopes, some day, to attend the snow-bird party.
NEW ADDRESSES: Luther A. Pattee, Box 133, Hanover, Mass.; Robert N. Hogsett; 437 E. Main Street, Somerville, N. J.; Major H. L. Borden, A.C. 0-473210, H.Q. P. 8.5., I & E Section, A.P.O. No. 782, c/o P.M., N. Y. City.
ALUMNI FUND:—It hardly seems necessary to give a plug for the Fund. That citation speaks for itself, and with a 99% participation last year it looks to me like we "hain't got far to go." Nevertheless, early response may save Jack some wear and tear on an over-strained nervous system.
CLASS OFFICERS' MEETINGS:—Hanover, May 16th and 17th. We'll all be there and will try to bring back all the help and enthusiasm that these meetings create.
Secretary, 88 Sea Street, North Weymouth, Mass. Treasurer, 26 Garden Street, Potsdam, N. Y.
